Is the delicious longan the favorite of many people? But many people can't tell what's the difference between Longan and longan. Are they the same fruit? Can pregnant women eat longan?
What is the difference between Longan and Guiyuan
In essence, longan and Guiyuan have no difference. They are two different forms of the same thing. Longan is a special fruit in the south of China. It is often listed in summer and autumn in large quantities. Its cause and effect nucleus is round, black and glossy, and its hilum is white. It looks like the legendary 'Dragon' eye, so it gets its name. Longan's other name is Guiyuan.
The fresh longan meat is smooth, tender, juicy and sweet, with excellent taste, but it is not easy to keep fresh. People often bake the fresh longan fruit in the shell to dry fruit, which is called longan meat, which is also the common longan in traditional Chinese medicine.
In terms of efficacy, the difference between Longan and longan is obvious. Longan - contains sugar, protein and many kinds of life support elements, especially the content of sugar is particularly high, and there is grape sugar that can be directly absorbed by the human body, weak and anaemic, old and frail, long illness and deficiency, often eating longan is very beneficial; after childbirth, longan is also an important tonic food. It can be taken by boiling water, making fruit soup, and boiling together with white granulated sugar into paste. Compared with longan, longan has the functions of nourishing the heart and spleen, Qi and blood, spleen and stomach, and muscles. Longan is very suitable for daily tonic consumption in autumn and winter. It is sweet, warm, nourishing, nourishing the heart and spleen, nourishing the heart and spleen, benefiting the Qi and blood. It is sweet and delicious, not greasy. It can be eaten directly, made tea, stewed soup, soaked wine, used as medicine, boiled porridge, etc. it is simple, convenient and practical.
Longan and Guiyuan are the same
Are longan and Guiyuan the same? Many people think longan is Guiyuan. They say they are the same. In fact, longan and Guiyuan are not exactly the same. They are different and related.
Longan is longan. Generally speaking, the fresh fruit is called longan, and it is called longan after drying. Moreover, according to different regions, it is called longan in some places and Longyuan in some places. Cantonese like to call Guiyuan longan. In the past, fruits could not be stored, which was not conducive to transportation. Longan was always dried before being transported to the north. Because longan is produced in Guangxi, and it is round, so people in the North called longan. Longan is also known as longan, because it is the same kind, just dry it without water. But its characteristics cannot be changed. It has good nourishing and tonifying effect.
The difference between Longan and Guiyuan is not very big. There is a very reasonable saying that the names of longan are different. It is said that in the feudal era, longan was taboo. In order to avoid taboo, longan was changed to Guiyuan, which is another name of Guangxi.
Can pregnant women eat longan and Longyuan
Based on a variety of factors, it is suggested that pregnant women should eat less longan, which is high in sugar content and easy to cause high blood sugar; second, longan fever is easy to cause fetal fever.
In addition, pregnant women are not suitable to eat longan. Although longan is sweet and warm, it is beneficial to the heart and spleen, Qi and blood, and calms the nerves. However, sweet can produce phlegm, while phlegm depression can cause qi stagnation, which leads to Qi dysfunction, stomach qi inversion, vomiting and Yin injury for a long time. Sweet and warm can also help fire, fire moves Yin blood, blood potential goes wrong, it will cause bleeding. In this way, pregnant women will be 'Red', premature birth. Ginseng Guiyuan soup is not only not good for eugenics, on the contrary, it is not good for the physical and mental health of mothers and infants. But postpartum women are suitable to eat longan and longan meat, which can have a certain nourishing effect.